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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "table the Report before 6.30 p.m. I will strive to do so. Again, we are cognisant of the fact that we cannot table the Report, move the Notice of Motion and discuss it on the same day. So, we are seeking for an extension of time so that in the unlikely event that we do not conclude this matter on Tuesday, we have an opportunity to do so the next day. If the House does not grant an extension approval, it means that we will be out of time if we do not conclude the matter on Tuesday. This House will not have an opportunity to express itself in the consideration of the approval or rejection of Justice Maraga as the Chief Justice of Kenya. A number of issues arise from this Motion. From the face of it, the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act of 2011 appears to be in conflict with the Standing Orders. The Standing Orders in other instances require that the Committee be given time, about 14 days, to consider such approval while the House has 10 days within which to consider the Report of the Committee. Unfortunately, the principal Act famously known as the “Mungatana Act,” does not give Parliament more than 14 days. It just gives us 14 days and so, we must conclude the process within the 14 days. If we were to do so, at times we do an injustice because we are also required to give members of the public seven days within which to present their views. So, we have been operating on a very tight schedule. We hope that when this House considers amendments to the Standing Orders, this is one of the issues which we will need to amend in the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, so that it is in line with the Standing Orders. With those remarks, because it is fairly straightforward, I had requested the Leader of the Majority Party, who has indicated that he will support the appointment of Justice Maraga as the Chief Justice, to lobby. There is nothing wrong with this suggestion. The only thing is that it is high level lobbying because it comes from the Leader of the Majority Party. We will take that into account. As you know, as Members of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, we are very independent, but we can be lobbied if we think that he has good reasons to do so. We can tell him that we will consider this thing and give it the due consideration that it requires."
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